Photographers often look past the obvious, peak-action photo, pushing their creativity to transcend the sports picture. The 2015 Australian Open has provided world-class photographers ample opportunity to dig deep and create some wonderful images.
Eugenie Bouchard of Canada serves in her third round match against Caroline Garcia of France. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
Nick Kyrgios of Australia hits a return against Andreas Seppi of Italy during their men's singles fourth round match. (Brandon Malone/Reuters)
Eugenie Bouchard of Canada serves to Caroline Garcia of France during their women's singles third round match. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
This photograph taken with a tilt and shift lens shows Canada's Eugenie Bouchard as she plays a shot during her women's singles match against Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
Novak Djokovic of Serbia chases down a shot to Gilles Muller of Luxembourg during their fourth round match. (Bernat Armangue/The Associated Press)
A close up shows the hair of Dustin Brown of Germany as he serves to Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria during their men's singles first round match. (Brandon Malone/Reuters)
Madison Keys of the U.S. casts a shadow as she prepares to hit a return to Casey Dellacqua of Australia during their women's singles second round match. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
Benjamin Becker of Germany hits a return against Lleyton Hewitt of Australia during their men's singles second round match. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
Maria Sharapova of Russia serves against Petra Martic of Croatia during their women's singles first round match. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
Milos Raonic of Canada serves in his third round match against Benjamin Becker of Germany during day six. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
Feliciano Lopez of Spain is silhouetted as he plays Milos Raonic of Canada during their fourth round match. (Vincent Thian/The Associated Press)